Violence in Schools Today

In the Education Issues section, for Chapter 1 in our text, one of the topics was school violence. They talked about how violence in schools is the number one concern amongst both teachers and parents. It is also a heated political topic. There is much debate over whether schools should increase their security by installing metal detectors and increasing security presence, or for the school and community to looking into the factors in the community that are causing school violence. Right now the solution that is being used is the to beef up security and install metal detectors.
I went to an inner city school so I am very used to this solution. I believe that for the time being, to try and keep the schools as safe as possible, this currently solution is the way to go. In the future, I do believe that we should work on addressing the issues in the community that cause these violence issues. However, I see it as a high priority to keep our students safe and in the immediate future if the way to do that is to install metal detectors and increase security then i think that for the time being that should be the solution. I also believe that the concern and work should not stop there but continue into the community.